Parameter Sensitivity Analysis of Cylindrical LiFePO4 Battery Performance Using Multi-Physics Modeling

A multi-physics model for a cylindrical Li-ion battery has been developed by coupling the thermal distribution in the radial direction to an electrochemical P2D model. The model can predict both terminal voltage and surface temperature, which has the advantage that it can be readily validated by measurement. A sensitivity analysis of up to 30 parameters was carried out using model simulation. A parameter sensitivity matrix was established to describe the parameter sensitivity under different operating conditions and the parameters were grouped according to their average sensitivity. The parameters were clustered based on their sensitivity matrix with Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) method. The cluster centers are special operating conditions on which the parameters in the same cluster have high identifiability. Finally, a stepwise experiment is designed based on the analysis results of parameter sensitivity, and the rationality and effectiveness are also validated. It was shown that the stepwise approach to parameter identification results in significantly higher accuracy. (C) 2014 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.